Changemaker Education — Confessions of a Skeptic

“There are various definitions of changemaking, all resonating with the idea of creating positive change in the world. While I support this idea, the term changemaking didn’t sit well with me. It felt like an all-encompassing concept that risked diluting or absorbing important nuances of specific socially engaged work—the paradigm shifts required for Indigenization and decolonization, the social justice focus of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) work, the urgency of sustainability, or the ethical underpinnings of trauma-informed approaches.

But over the past two years of deeply engaging with the concepts of social innovation and changemaking I’ve come to see it as an amplifier—a way to articulate the importance of each initiative and the change it creates in the world, highlighting their interconnections within an ecosystem of change.”

In a recent Teaching and Learning blog post, Changemaker Curriculum Developer, Anna Griffith shares how her understanding of the term changemaking has grown, introduces UFV’s Changemaking Education Matrix, and shows us how changemaking can look in the classroom. Read the full TLC blog post to learn more.